World medalists Cohlton Schultz and Cevion Severado among UWW Junior Greco champions

VIDEO: UWW Junior Greco champion interviews

LAS VEGAS – 10 wrestlers won UWW Junior Greco championships at the U.S. Open on Thursday at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas.

With the win, those 10 wrestlers secured an automatic berth to the finals of the Junior Greco World Team Trials, which are set for June 8 in Indianapolis, Ind.

Highlighting the finals field were 2017 Cadet World Champion Cohlton Schultz (New York AC) at 130 kg and 2017 Junior World silver medalist Cevion Severado (New York AC) at 55 kg.

Schultz looked unmatched the entire tournament, not giving up a single point and winning all four bouts by technical fall. In the finals, he defeated Olympic Training Center resident athlete Nick Boykin (Sunkist Kids) with a 10-0 tech fall.

“I was able to win a lot of the pummeling in all of my matches and put some points on the board,” Schultz said. “I’ve been working a lot on my positioning on my feet. I’ve been getting bigger and stronger, so it’s all coming together.”

Severado picked up a win by injury default over Joseph Harrison (MWC). Severado led 8-1 at the time of the injury default.

Another World representative winning a title was 2017 Cadet World Team member Malik Johnson of Missouri, who picked up a tight 11-9 decision over Benji Peak, who wrestles at the Northern Michigan Olympic Training Site.

Winning the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler honor was Peyton Omania (CYC), who won the 67 kg bracket. Omania teched his way to the finals and met up with 2017 Junior World Team member Dom Demas (OKRTC) in the finals. The bout went back and forth and was full of entertaining throws and exchanges. Omania came out on top with an 18-10 tech fall.

The California native split his day wrestling in both the Junior and Senior brackets. In the Senior bracket, he advanced to the quarterfinal, where he fell to Olympian Ellis Coleman. He will compete in the wrestlebacks tonight.

“It’s been pretty tiring (wrestling in both touraments),” Omania said. “The weight cut wasn’t the best, but I like wrestling people like Ellis Coleman. To get better, you’ve got to wrestle the best.”

Four other Junior Greco wrestlers won their finals by tech fall, including Alston Nutter (NMU-OTS) at 63 kg, Tyler Dow (BRTC) at 72 kg, Anthony Mantanona (OKRTC) at 77 kg and Austin Harris (Cowboy WC/Titan Mercury WC) at 97 kg.

The remaining championships came from Andrew Berreyesa (New York AC) at 82 kg and Austin Harris (Cowboy WC/Titan Mercury) at 97 kg.

The UWW Junior men’s freestyle tournament will take place on Friday at the South Point Arena. All the action will be broadcast live on Flowrestling.org.

2018 MARINE CORPS U.S. OPEN

at South Point Arena, Las Vegas, Nev.

UWW Junior Greco-Roman results

55 kg
1st place match - Cevion Severado (NYAC) win by injury default over Joseph Harrison (MWC)
3rd place match - Hunter Lewis (Team Wisconsin) tech. fall King Sandoval (Unattached), 10-1
5th place match - Dylan Koontz (OSC-Unattached) win by fall Camden Russell (MWC Wrestling Acadamy), 1:14
7th place match - Elijah Varona (Garage boys) dec. Patrick Mckee (Minnesota Storm), 9-7

60 kg
1st place match -Malik Johnson (Unattached) dec. Benji Peak (NMU-OTS), 11-9
3rd place match - Jack Huffman (MWC Wrestling Acadamy) win by fall Rayvon Foley (Michigan State), 0:23
5th place match – Jason Shaner (Unattached) win by fall Tate Carney (Trojan Wrestling Club), 0:45
7th place match - Logan Treaster (Navy-Marine Corps RTC) win by fall Vicente Loaiza (Unattached), 5:04

63 kg
1st place match - Alston Nutter (NMU-OTS) tech fall Mason Hartshorn (NMU-OTS), 8-0
3rd place match - Mosha Schwartz (X-Calibur) win by fall Dylan Gregerson (T3), 0:54
5th place match - Tyler Cunningham (MWC Wrestling Acadamy) tech. fall Riley Gurr (INWTC), 10-0
7th place match - Luis Hernandez (Garage boys) tech. fall Reese Dalton (NMU-OTS), 10-0

67 kg
1st place match - Peyton Omania (CYC) tech. fall Dom Demas (OKRTC), 18-10
3rd place match - Riley Briggs (NMU-OTS) tech. fall Duncan Nelson (Williams Baptist College), 9-0
5th place match - Britton Holmes (NMU-OTS) tech. fall Jaden Enriquez (Michigan State), 8-0
7th place match - Jose Orlando (Sunnyside Wrestling Club) tech. fall Adrian Gomez (Lancer Wrestling Club), 9-0

72 kg
1st place match - Tyler Dow (BRTC) tech fall Tyler Eischens (Pinnacle), 8-0
3rd place match - Lenny Merkin (NJRTC) tech. fall Calvin Germinaro (Minnesota Storm/NMU-OTS), 12-4
5th place match - Farouq Muhammed (Unattached) tech. fall Dracius Mckee (Orange Crush Wrestling Club), 13-4
7th place match - Zachary Tolver (Alaska) tech. fall Alejandro Torres (Arizona), 11-0

77 kg
1st place match - Anthony Mantanona (OKRTC) tech fall Jake Hendricks (X-Caliber), 8-0
3rd place match - Sawyer Knott (Unattached) tech. fall Andrew Buckley (Navy-Marine Corps RTC), 9-0
5th place match - Josh Anderson (NMU-OTS) dec. Hunter Mullin (Western Colorado Wrestling Club), 15-8
7th place match - Andrew Torres (Arizona) dec. Andrew Cervantez (CYC), 13-8

82 kg
1st place match - Andrew Berreyesa (New York AC) dec. Tommy Brackett (Wave), 5-0
3rd place match - Zachary Braunagel (Unattached) dec. Ahmed Alford (Navy-Marine Corps RTC), 6-4
5th place match - Spencer Woods (NMU-OTS) dec. Tommy Dantzler (Front Range Twisters), 16-7
7th place match - Michael O`Malley (Apex) dec. Cody Surratt (Air Force RTC), 13-12

87 kg
1st place match - Barrett Hughes (Cowboy Wrestling Club/Titan Mercury) dec. Cameron Caffey (Michigan State), 16-14
3rd place match - Matthew Waddell (OklahomaRTC) win by fall Nicholas Casperson (Legends of Gold), 1:18
5th place match - Keaton Fanning (NMU-OTS) tech. fall Dane Harter (Gator Wrestling Club), 10-1
7th place match - George Sikes (NMU-OTS) win by forfeit Chad Porter (Arizona State University)

97 kg
1st place - Austin Harris (Cowboy Wrestling Club/Titan Mercury)
2nd place - Anthony Riopelle (NMU-OTS)
3rd place - Hunter Mooring (Colorado Mesa)
4th place - Casey Jumps (Air Force RTC)
5th place - Hunter DeJong (MWC Wrestling Acadamy)

130 kg
1st place match - Cohlton Schultz (New York AC) tech. fall Nick Boykin (Sunkist Kids), 10-0
3rd place match - Brandon Metz (Bison Wrestling Club) win by fall Thomas Helton (Southern Illinois Training Center), 4-1
5th place match - Ethan Bunce (Knights Wrestling Club) win by fall Paul Robinson (Georgia), 1:04
7th place match - Arath Rangel (Team Nevada) win by forfeit Nic Iversen (Central Coast Regional Training Center)